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Something horrible ist happen this week for me, i cant believe it , how stupid i was.

In Europe, Switzerland is now the Football Europe Match;-(

I was on a match and drink so much alcohol and then the mistake in my life is happen:

I move so drunken in the red-light district and had with 3 Womens unprotected vaginal Sex, in the morning i realise the horror, minimun 2 of the girls use Drugs, i dont know if they use i.v drugs, but 100 % they take cocaine in thery nose.

Its so crazy this Women are from the Street prostitution, the highest risk for hiv.

24 Hour Later i call the Hospital and write to an HIV Doc.

i Found Informations about the PEP for HIGH RISK Situations, i tell this the doctor but he says to me:

Yes the time for PEP ist ok for you(tell something about 72 Hour) but i dont want give you PEP because the Risk ist not Big to contract HIV.he tell me 7 % of de Girls who use i.v Drugs are HIV + and the risk is 1:300 that i contactet the HI Virus, 1:300? oh my god this is so much.

Now 6 days after the horror Day i sleeped only 2 days and cant eat and did work in the office, its so shameful what happen.

I still wait now for the primary Symtoms of HIV, look every Hour on my body.

I see on the Internet some Informationes about de PCR HIV Test . if the Test after 15 -20 is Postiv or Negativ i can be secured . Is this true?

Sorry for my bad english ;-( I hope you can understand me, now i go to the drug store and buy sleeping pill, i must sleep.

It was now a big failing that the doctor dont give the PEP, because it was ah ultra high Risk Situations ;-(Im so shameful for this day, its not ok to buy girls

How about as you read this you take a nice, deep and slow breath in and then out. And then do it a second time. I mean it! And do that everytime you find yourself tensing up. Good breathing really, really helps to calm things down.

Now, as far as your situation goes. Wringing your hands and worrying about what ifs is just a waste of your energy. There are some things you ought to know. HIV is a fragile virus. It is not easy to transmit. It is much more difficult to transmit from female to male. Yes, of course you were at risk having unprotected intercourse. But the odds are still significantly in your favor that you will come out of this ok when you test at 13 weeks. And 13 weeks is when you should have the standard ELISA test done to get a reliable result.

As far as using a PCR, that is NOT recommended. Although it is a highly sensistive test it was NOT designed for diagnoistic purposes. Becuase of its high sensitivity it frequently gives a FALSE positive. So you are going to have to be patient and wait out the time to get tested at 13 weeks. The average time to seroconversion is 22 days. All but the smallest number of those who are going to seroconvert will do so within 4-6 weeks after an exposure to the virus. So if you want you can test at6 weeks. Assuming you get a negative then, you should still re-test at 13 weeks.

In the meantime while you are waiting, instead of indulging in all sorts of drama, you need to turn your attention to other things in your life. Don't tell me you are too upset to do that. Just DO IT! Meantime you are likely to be watching for "symtoms" or "signs" of HIV. That's another waste of time because so-called symptoms tell you nothing accurately about your HIV status. So don't get on to that slippery slope because you'll really drive yourself crazy that way.

So breathe and get busy with other things. I expect you to come out of this ok. And you must learn from this experience that mixing excessive alcohol and casual sex is a dangerous combination.

Im now back in my Appartment ,in still under "shock" every second i think about it what happens, it was the darkest day in this year, unbelievable .

Ok, i dont know hows the Situation in the US about the Testing , in Austria is the PCR a fast way to find out if the HI Virus is avaible or not, the doctor tell me i must wait 14 days to test.Then after 13 Weeks for 100 % the Antibody Testing.

But i think it will be a dark day, it must happen , the deal with HIV, it was not a girl or girlfriend, 3 Girls from a high risk sector, they have every day unprotected Sex with Mens, unbelievable that i was there on Monday

I dont understand why de doctor DONT give the PEP (Postexposure Prophylaxis for HIV) to me , it was a so high Situation the unpro. vaginal Sex

Now its to late

//How about as you read this you take a nice, deep and slow breath in and then out. And then do it a second time. I mean it! And do that everytime you find yourself tensing up. Good breathing really, really helps to calm things down.//

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

HIV is a disease. It doesn't care who people are, just what they do. Just because the women you had sex with were sex workers (street, brothel or otherwise) is not necessarily a reason to think they have HIV.

The only way to find out if you have been infected is to be tested. I agree with Ann, there is every reason to think you will test negative.

HIV is a disease. It doesn't care who people are, just what they do. Just because the women you had sex with were sex workers (street, brothel or otherwise) is not necessarily a reason to think they have HIV.

The only way to find out if you have been infected is to be tested. I agree with Ann, there is every reason to think you will test negative.

MtD

Thats true Sir.

But:

Its a different :

if i have unprotectet Sex with Girls who:

has got only a small number of mens ( disco, school, etc)

or ah prostitiute from the street whos got a lot of mens with unprot. sex.

We've told you all that we can tell you. There's nothing to do now but wait until you can get an accurate test result.

How you spend that time is going to be strictly up to you. You can torture yourself with guilt and remorse OR you can for starters try that breathing well and get on with your life. We understand your concern very, very well. But making yourself miserable isn't going to make waiting any better. Quite the contrary. I say find other things in your life to focus on and it will make the waiting time pass much faster than you may imagine is possible. Really.

We've told you all that we can tell you. There's nothing to do now but wait until you can get an accurate test result.

How you spend that time is going to be strictly up to you. You can torture yourself with guilt and remorse OR you can get breathe and get on with your life. We understand your concern very, very well. But making yourself miserable isn't going to make waiting any better. Quite the contrary. I say find other things in your life to focus on and it will make the waiting time pass much faster than you may imagine is possible. Really.

Thanks Andy

im so happy do find this Forum and you and the People, its correct what you say!

It's nice that you want to help out but you need to know that answering questions here in Am I Infected is restricted under the terms of the Welcome Thread:

Only those Moderators and members who are authorized to answer questions in the Am I Infected? forum are permitted do so. Unauthorized responses may be deleted without permission of the poster. Repeatedly posting replies of this nature may result in a Time Out or permanent ban, at the discretion of the Moderator Team.

Marcos, only those who are authorized to do so are to reply to others who write in this section of the Forum. I am sure you are well intentioned, but you are not authorized to be responding here. Thanks for your cooperation.

I can also tell you that for someone who's in a high state of anxiety about HIV, telling him there are medications for treatment is NOT going to calm or comfort the person. In my experience it only raises their anxiety even higher if possible.

Desp, I wonder if you are really reading what all of us have said to you. Or are you just listening to the hysteria in your head?

That PCR is a very sensitve test which was NOT designed for diagnostic purpores. It is very common to get a false positive because of its high sensitivity. And you would be well advised to wait until 4 weeks before taking it to have even a measure of accuracy. But I wonder if you're listening to any of this....

Desp, I wonder if you are really reading what all of us have said to you. Or are you just listening to the hysteria in your head?

That PCR is a very sensitve test which was NOT designed for diagnostic purpores. It is very common to get a false positive because of its high sensitivity. And you would be well advised to wait until 4 weeks before taking it to have even a measure of accuracy. But I wonder if you're listening to any of this....

Dear Andy

of course i read everything what you and the other people say to me.Its now a little better,the thing is this, there a lot of differents between Europe + US about Testing HIV.I wait now and hope everything will be ok

@cobraalfa

there´s no reason for 'desperate' man! We all live in a period of good news about treatment!

Fortunately feelings aren't facts. Along with whatever maybe causing your symptoms I would suspect your emotions are playing a significant role as well. You can discuss your symptoms with your doctor. Stress can be expressed many ways by the body. And there is absolutely nothing HIV-specific in what you are reporting.

I still expect you will come out of this ok as far as HIV is concerned.

Now stop all this drama and feeling sorry for yourself, none of which is helping you in anyway.

I can only sleep have no power, and the last night i sweating like never befor in my live, the bed was splashy , the last night to but not so extremly like this night.No i feel like fever.

Its horrrible everthing. i cant do nothing.

Desp-

Reread the excellent responses you've received so far. They should help you to relax a bit and gain some perspective.

You are obviously in a very stressful state, which is clouding your reasoning and undoubtedly causing physical symptoms. These are not HIV/AIDS-specific and are most likely caused by stress. Please try and gain some peace or you'll only make yourself feel worse.

And please stop equating your experiences with the prostitutes as something shameful or evil. You're a human being who made the mistake of not using protection in the heat of the moment. Your choice of sex partners is irrelevant to the risk, which is frankly so low that you were not prescribed PEP.

Sex is not evil or shameful: unprotected sex (with anyone outside of a monogamous, long-term relationship) is unwise but not monstrous. Please, for your own peace of mind, gain perspective and try to relax.

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Blessed with brains, talent and gorgeous tits.

The revolutionary smart set reads The Spin Cycle at least once every day.

Tomorrow is the Operation im a little discomposed but it must do it tomorrow.

What must i say to the doctor tomorrow ? that im maybe HIV +?

About the Symtoms i have got from Wednesday the 18 - Friday maybe Saturday the 21, 3x times in the night sweating and was in the 3 or 4 days very very weary.I didnt have got Rash , Muskle Pain , swollen glands, muscle aches, diarrhea .

this week i feel very good, no Symtoms, now Today is the 3 Week after the Risk day, maybe it begins tomorrow or later the Symptoms.

When a 39-year-old prostitute known as Róza was admitted to a hospital in Cheb, western Bohemia, in March this year with a liver condition, nobody suspected that she was the person the local public health authorities had been looking for since 2005. Jaroslava Hrabáková is an epidemiologist at the Regional Hygiene Centre in Cheb.

“We found out in March this year, after Róza died, that she was the woman who between 2001 and 2004 infected two men here with HIV. The men then infected their partners. So we launched a search for other clients of hers to discover the whole network. We want to make these people start treatment, but mainly to stop the infection from spreading further into the population.”

The authorities received Róza’s phone book and started calling the numbers they thought might belong to the woman’s regular clients to warn them they could have been infected with HIV. Out of the 20 men reached so far, six are HIV positive. Do the authorities have any idea of how many men in total could have got the deadly virus from Róza?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Your eight week negative is HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO CHANGE, so please, don't use this forum to go on and on about it. If you need additional support, seek out a counselor. We only do risk assessment and test information here. We don't hold hands.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts